The Professional Medical Ethics Model of Decision Making Under Conditions of Clinical Uncertainty

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 70, Issue 1_suppl, 2013, Pages 141S-158S

  McCullough, Laurence B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; moral management of medical uncertainty; patients prudence; professional integrity; professional medical ethics model of decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84891402576     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558712461952     Document Type: Article

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